Polyembryonic Insects An Extreme Clonal Reproductive Strategy /

• Main Author: Iwabuchi, Kikuo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Entomology Monographs,
• Subjects: Entomology.; Developmental biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Ecology .; Developmental Biology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Ecology.

This book provides an overview of our current understanding of polyembryony in insects. The study of polyembronic insects has advanced considerably over the last several decades. The book shows the exciting potential of polyembryonic insects and their impact on life sciences. It describes the mechan...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Overview of polyembryony
• Chapter 2. Polyembryony in encyrtid parasitoids. Chapter 3. Host-polyembryonic parasitoid interactions
• Chapter 4. Sociality in polyembryonic parasitoids
• Chapter 5. Ecology and evolution of polyembryony. .